OV-10 Bronco

[aerotrope]

I've wanted to try a rubber twin for a while and decided on a No-Cal Rockwell Bronco as a fairly simple starter. Twin booms for easy rubberization and an early USAF version was finished in all aluminum, for an easy colour scheme.
The canopy/crew and insignia tissue decals were inkjet printed but panel lines were all hand drawn.
It flies fairly well, easy to trim to any circling diameter under power, but still needs some persuasion to not straighten out in the glide.
I only have one photo at the moment, but might be able to find flight pics from one of the other flyers.  And for some reason I failed to get any build pics.

[piecost]

That is really nice. I always thought that the Bronco would make a good nocal. How well does it fly?

[aerotrope]

It's flown well so far, I've gotten 20 - 25 seconds with 600 turns on two 8" loops of 1/16, which is only 1.5 gm rubber hauling airframe weight of 8.5 gm.  In development I think it might carry 12" x 3/32 for 1000 turns.

[piecost]

Very nice photos and model!

[HGF]

Very nice! Your plan or someone else’s?
HGF

[aerotrope]

Mine.  I just laid out balsa over a 16" 3-view.  The full-size plane has a 25% stabilizer, so scale outlines work well.